Notizie

May 2017

Summary of the global orange market
EWorldwide, the orange production for the 2016/2017 season is expected to be 2,4 million tonnes higher than in the previous year. Spain is finishing a disappointing orange season marked by bad weather among other factors, although the price is recovering lately…

May 2017

The UN proposes the organic farming as the best way to feed the worldMost of the fruit and vegetables that we consume daily are the result of a productive model that prioritizes the profitability and efficiency over food quality and environmental care. That explains why …

December 2016

The Government will approve a combined agricultural insurance plan and a decree on the pollution control
The Government has planned to give the green light to the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture, which is leaded by Isabel García Tejerina. The new combined agricultural insurance plan is going to compile the insurance lines whose subscription period starts throughout 2017 and the proportion of public support.

October 2016

Valencia will be selected as world capital of the alimentation in 2017
Valencia will host an international congress in October 2017 and they are developing a number of campaigns about Valencian orchards and the protection of the agriculture. The city has been nominated by the FAO, a United Nations organization, with the aim of combine projects about the development of Valencian orchards, which surrounds the city, and his farmers.

September 2016

The council gives the green light to the draft law for protecting orchards
The preliminary draft law has been approved by the Government of Valencia. The law protects landscape and rural areas which are seriously threatened by the progress of construction; this area is conceived as a living landscape.
This draft law runs in parallel with the Territorial Action Plan of l’Horta, and will preserve more than 10.000 hectares of agricultural land. According to Salvador, there are only five areas with these qualities in the European Unión, which is why we have to protect them.

August 2016

Spanish fruit arrives to China
Spain is now the main fruit and vegetables exporting country in the world, and is now looking to conquer the Asian giant. The sanitary and quality requirements of the Chinese government are very strict; for why the best products are chosen manually one by one, they are disinfected to prevent the transmission of plant pests, and then put in refrigerators of zero degrees.